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A judge in New York has overturned the firing of a long-serving Black former police officer who fought with a white colleague as he placed a suspect in a chokehold. State supreme court judge Dennis Ward praised Cariol Horne’s intervention during the 2006 incident, which led to her dismissal by the City of Buffalo two years later and a lengthy legal fight for compensation. In an 11-page ruling, Ward pointed to deaths of Black men during...

A Black former police officer in the Buffalo Police Department who was fired in 2008 after she stopped a white cop from choking a Black man two years earlier will get her pension after winning her lawsuit Tuesday, according to the New York Times.

By April Siese April 14, 2021 / 4:32 AM / CBS News A former Buffalo Police officer who said she was fired for intervening when a White officer attempted to choke a Black suspect will receive her pension after winning a lawsuit on Tuesday. The New York State Supreme Court vacated a previous ruling upholding the firing of Cariol Horne, CBS Buffalo affiliate WIVB reports. In his ruling, Judge Dennis Ward wrote that "the City of Buffalo has recognized the error and has acknowledged the need to undo an injustice from the past. The legal system can at the very least be the m...

Cariol Horne has become an advocate of police reform since her termination from the Buffalo Police Department. Credit Nick Lippa / WBFO News State Supreme Court Judge Dennis Ward issued a decision that overturned a previous court ruling that upheld her firing almost 13 years ago. Horne had been dismissed after a November 2006 incident in which she has maintained she tried to stop fellow officer Greg Kwiatkowski from choking a man during an arrest. The two officers started fighting and an internal investigation cleared Kwiatkowski. In 2008, an arbitrator found Horne guilty on 11 of 13 internal...

Ex-Buffalo officer fired for reporting chokehold to receive pension after lawsuit win  “While the Eric Garners and the George Floyds of the world never had a chance for a “do-over”, at least here the correction can be done,” a judge ruled Former Buffalo police officer Cariol Horne was fired in 2006 after her attempt to stop a colleague from choking a suspect, and now after winning a lawsuit, she will receive her full pension. WIVB 4 reported the State Supreme Court vacated a previous ruling that sided with her being fired. Judge Dennis Ward issued the ruling on Tuesday and cited re...